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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:34
AM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] was another
gremlin on the road/now Alternators
My son's 72 Javelin had a 35 amp Motorola but no A/C and
when you had
the lights on and the defroster and the elect wipers it was
barely
marginal. Then turn on the stereo and the head lights would go dim.
It
finally died. His friends father had an ignition repair shop and
built
him a custom 65 amp Motorola which lasted a week and re-built it
again
and now it has been good for 1 1/2 years but the car is not
driven
regularly. There is supposed to be clearance problems putting a
Delco in
a V8 AMC with A/C on the compressor. On the 74 and older Gremlin's
and
Hornets with a 6 cyl there is a steering box clearance problem putting
a
Delco in if you have power steering due to the larger box. Most of
the
long time members here remember what I had to go through to put a
Delco
in my orange car 1 1/2 years ago. Modifying brackets, machining
the
Motorola fan to fit the delco and finding a 1/2" shorter belt
and
shiming the drivers side motor mount. The alt housing and steering
box
still needs to be ground a little for clearance.
But
turn on all the electric's in the car and it still charges 14.5
volts. Do
that in my other Hornet with the Motorola and it drops from
14.5 to just
below 12
volts.
"Doc"
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